Geometrothermodynamics of black holes

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DOI10.1007/S10714-007-0586-0zbMATH Open1140.83398arXiv0704.3102OpenAlexW1983042104WikidataQ125765877 ScholiaQ125765877MaRDI QIDQ925293FDOQ925293

Hernando Quevedo

Publication date: 3 June 2008

Published in: General Relativity and Gravitation (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: The thermodynamics of black holes is reformulated within the context of the recently developed formalism of geometrothermodynamics. This reformulation is shown to be invariant with respect to Legendre transformations, and to allow several equivalent representations. Legendre invariance allows us to explain a series of contradictory results known in the literature from the use of Weinhold's and Ruppeiner's thermodynamic metrics for black holes. For the Reissner-Nordstr"om black hole the geometry of the space of equilibrium states is curved, showing a non trivial thermodynamic interaction, and the curvature contains information about critical points and phase transitions. On the contrary, for the Kerr black hole the geometry is flat and does not explain its phase transition structure.


Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/0704.3102





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